Backups to Amazon S3 the Easy Way

I was looking for a simple solution to backup my newly constructed server to an off-site location in case something were to happen. I don’t mean I lost a file… more like catastrophic hardware failure, fire, water damage, physical damage, and even theft!. Local backups really are best, and I don’t plan on abandoning them any time soon, but in the case of the one in a million chance where something like this occurs, there’s a high likelihood that everything might be lost.